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ESPN: Tempers flare after Nevada upset at Utah State (video)

Utah State defeated Nevada 81-76 to take over first place in the Mountain West Conference by a half-game. Fans rushed onto the court immediately following the final whistle while Nevada players were ushered toward a hallway leading to the locker rooms.

Nevada did not make players or coaches available to the media after the game.

"We are working with officials from the Mountain West Conference and Utah State to gather more information about the events that occurred this evening in Logan," a Nevada spokesperson said.

Utah State athletic director John Hartwell also said he would work with the conference to determine the causes of the incident and potential repercussions.

"After being notified of an incident in the hallway of the locker rooms after the completion of the game, I have been consulting with Mountain West Senior Associate Commissioner Dan Butterly, who was in attendance at the game, and Nevada Deputy AD Rory Hickok, who was also in attendance at the game," Hartwell said in a statement. "In addition, I have spoken by phone with Nevada AD Doug Knuth and we will continue to gather information, including surveillance videos of exactly what happened, and work closely with the Mountain West Conference and the University of Nevada to determine what started the situation and how we are going to deal with those involved."

Coaches in the video were saying students punched players and said nasty things to them. Probably impossible to prove it. Super excited, drunk 18-22 year old males storming the court after a big win. Stupid s___ is gonna happen. No idea if it’s feasible to stop, but Utah St could be the most at fault for allowing the court to be stormed?

It is kind of strange in the video that all but one of the Wolfpack players just walk past him and don't really seem all that interested in calming him down or even what he is doing. I wonder if he might the guy on the team that may have more than a little flair for the dramatic?

From what I heard students got very close to Nevada players and some bumped into them but I haven't seen any confirmation or video of anyone throwing punches. Cops could have done a better job but it seems like drama for no good reason. If you're a college athlete or coach, shouldn't you be mature enough not to care about name calling?

Utah State has a really high percentage of Mormon kids (something like 75%). This is just a consequence of being in Utah and being in a less cosmopolitan area than University of Utah (like I'm sure there are more people who are evangelicals at Texas A&M than at UT).

BYU is the private school but there are tons of Mormon kids at Utah State.

I agree on the court storming(although this sounds like it was more an assistant coach that caused the majority of this problem) something really bad is going to happen at some point. I have seen numerous examples of players doing a really good job of controlling their emotions when they are getting jostled or yelled at after a game and they are just trying to get back to their locker rooms. At some point a player filled with emotion after a tough loss is going to lose control and a full scale ugly melee is going to breakout.

Utah State has a really high percentage of Mormon kids (something like 75%). This is just a consequence of being in Utah and being in a less cosmopolitan area than University of Utah (like I'm sure there are more people who are evangelicals at Texas A&M than at UT).

BYU is the private school but there are tons of Mormon kids at Utah State.

I guess it’s for Mormon kids who don’t want to commit the perverse honor code at BYU!